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This fall, Sonos will launch a brand new house speaker, the One. In the identical vein as Sonos’ Play:1 design, it provides minimalistic appears and community connectivity, however this iteration boasts a extremely fascinating function; it may be managed solely by way of voice connectivity.

Owners will be capable to entry Alexa and the bevy of voice instructions inherent to Amazon‘s voice-controlled assistant, with Google Assistant assist following in 2018. Sonos intends to supply a real do-it-all unit, aiming for compatibility with all sensible house gadgets. Alexa already works with quite a lot of apps, similar to music gamers like Amazon Music, Pandora and iHeartRadio, with Spotify coming “soon” after launch, in accordance with Sonos. The system additionally features a privateness measure; a light-weight on prime of the speaker is hardwired to the mic. When the mic is in use, the sunshine activates to let customers know when the machine is or isn’t listening.

The One retails for $199 USD. Pre-orders are open now, with the official launch set for October 24.